Motorbike-chasing dog impaled on iron fence

A dog intent on chasing motorbikes was seriously injured after being impaled on a wrought-iron fence.

Sawang Rojthummasathan Foundation rescuers took 10 minutes to cut through a sharp, pointed fence post on which 3-year-old Jojo was stuck. The dog had tried to jump through a hole in the fence and gotten stuck about a meter above ground.

3-year-old Jojo was impaled are he got out of the house and tried to jump the fence.

The dog was bleeding profusely and crying in pain. It was taken to Sattahip Hospital were a veterinarian saved its life.

Owner Rattapong Somprasong, 16, said Jojo likes to chase motorbikes near his house at Phetnapa Land Village on Soi Khaophet and is usually locked in the house. He got out and tried to jump the fence.

This article was published in the Pattaya Mail newspaper on Friday April 25, 2014 (Vol. XXII No. 17).